retcon 2 of 2 verb retconned; retconning; retcons transitive verb : to apply a retcon to (a fictional story, character, event, etc.)

The character Zorro was retconned early in his existence. In the original 1919 novel, The Curse of Capistrano, Zorro ends his adventures by revealing his identity, a plot point that was carried …

retconned, retconning to later revise (an established element of a fictional story). The writers retconned the origin of her powers, newly attributing them to alien ancestry.

The plot got retconned into something else entirely later on. For the whole season, Buffy has been gradually retconning her relationship with Spike. I hope they retcon her addiction to magic …

Jul 14, 2025 · Luthor appeared a handful of times, Gary " retconned " the Toyman and created Terra-Man, and Superman would get a worthy opponent whenever Len Wein did a fill-in.

May 13, 2019 · Author JK Rowling has retconned much of Harry Potter, including the backstories of Dumbledore and Hermione. In this article, we explain what retconning is and why it makes …

Originally killed in the 1980s, her return was retconned to explain that the entity who died was not Jean but a copy created by the Phoenix Force. Television: In Star Trek: Enterprise, the …

Verb: retcon (retconned,retconning) ret-kón Revise retrospectively, e.g. to attach a new perspective or significance "The comic series retconned the hero's origin story to include a …

Discover what retroactive continuity is and learn how writers use it to alter and enhance the stories that they create.

Sep 14, 2017 · retcon, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary